42 U.S.C. § 300d–5: Competitive grants for…

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, can give grants to States, local governments, or groups of them to improve access to and help build trauma care systems. The Secretary can only award a grant if the applicant agrees to use it for one of five things: expand the system’s reach and access (like better prehospital care), strengthen or grow an existing trauma system, improve communications (for example new equipment or telemedicine), collect and keep better data, or increase training and technical help (including telehealth and home-study options for rural providers). When choosing who gets grants, the Secretary will prefer applicants that meet four things: use national standards to designate trauma centers, follow protocols to send seriously injured patients to those centers, evaluate how the system performs, and agree to collect and share data under the information system in section 300d–3. The Secretary gives priority to projects that focus on improving access and gives special consideration to projects with strong State or local support, including non-Federal funding.

Title 42, §300d–5

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(a)In general

The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, may make grants to States, political subdivisions, or consortia of States or political subdivisions for the purpose of improving access to and enhancing the development of trauma care systems.

(b)Use of funds

The Secretary may make a grant under this section only if the applicant agrees to use the grant—

(1)to integrate and broaden the reach of a trauma care system, such as by developing innovative protocols to increase access to prehospital care;

(2)to strengthen, develop, and improve an existing trauma care system;

(3)to expand communications between the trauma care system and emergency medical services through improved equipment or a telemedicine system;

(4)to improve data collection and retention; or

(5)to increase education, training, and technical assistance opportunities, such as training and continuing education in the management of emergency medical services accessible to emergency medical personnel in rural areas through telehealth, home studies, and other methods.

(c)Preference

In selecting among States, political subdivisions, and consortia of States or political subdivisions for purposes of making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants that—

(1)have developed a process, using national standards, for designating trauma centers;

(2)recognize protocols for the delivery of seriously injured patients to trauma centers;

(3)implement a process for evaluating the performance of the trauma system; and

(4)agree to participate in information systems described in section 300d–3 of this title by collecting, providing, and sharing information.

(d)Priority

In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that will use the grants to focus on improving access to trauma care systems.

(e)Special consideration

In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to projects that demonstrate strong State or local support, including availability of non-Federal contributions.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 300d–5, act

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1206, as added Nov. 16, 1973, Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(a), 87 Stat. 598; amended Oct. 21, 1976, Pub. L. 94–573, §§ 7, 14(2), 90 Stat. 2713, 2718; Nov. 10, 1978, Pub. L. 95–626, title II, § 210(c), 92 Stat. 3588; Dec. 12, 1979, Pub. L. 96–142, title I, § 104(c), 93 Stat. 1068, set forth general provisions respecting grants and contracts, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 902(d)(1), (h), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 560, 561, effective Oct. 1, 1981. A prior section 1203 of act

July 1, 1994, was renumbered section 1202 and is classified to section 300d–3 of this title. Another prior section 1203 of act

July 1, 1994, was renumbered section 1202 and was classified to section 300d–2 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–23.

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–148 inserted “for trauma systems” after “grants” in section catchline and substituted “Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response” for “Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration” in subsec. (a).

§300d–5 Competitive Grants for Trauma Systems for the Improvement of Trauma Care